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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1982

44 BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER

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FORTY-FOUR NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 63 IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

OF THE NEW PLANS, 20 WERE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 10 FOR KOWLOON AND 14 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

INCLUDED WERE PLANS FOR A SCHOOL IN BRAEMAR HILL ROAD, A FOOTBRIDGE IN SHA TIN, AN L/P GAS FILLING STATION IN TAI SHANG WAI, YUEN LONG AND A PETROL FILLING STATION IN FAIRVIEW PARK, YUEN LONG.

THE DECLARED COST OF ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $1 047 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $452.2 MILLION FOR NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

THE IR USABLE FLOOR AREA TOTALLED 241 334.9 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 168 507.9 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 72 827 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 34 PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS AT WING SING LANE, TWO SCHOOL EXTENSIONS AT SYCAMORE STREET AND YUK WAH STREET AND A CLUB HOUSE AT BEAS RIVER, SHEUNG SHUI.

AND, 42 OCCUPATION PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR NEWLY-COMPLETED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING A SWIMMING POOL IN WONG MA KOK ROAD, STANLEY, TWO POWER STATIONS IN AP LEI CHAU AND A PASSENGER JETTY IN PO LO TSUI, LAMMA ISLAND.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE PERMISSION FOR 35 BUILDINGS TO BE DEMOLISHED.

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